To the chagrin of coaches in other major conferences, the parity in the SEC is as high as it's been since before Nick Saban took the job at Alabama in 2007. Realistically, a third of the teams in the league could vie for a conference championship, but a few have better shots than others.
SEC preseason power rankings
16. Mississippi St There's a massive gap between Mississippi State/Kentucky and the rest of the bottom six. Neither had really great offseasons, and have huge question marks at the quarterback position, more so with Zach Calzada and the Wildcats.
15. Kentucky
14. Auburn
13. Arkansas
12. Vanderbilt
11. Missouri